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Hi Deb,

I really appreciate your thoughtful, generous advice.
But I'd still rather refrain from begging (except
tongue in cheek) for donations. Here's why:

1) For now, I can afford to. It's a luxury, yes, but
one I value. I have a good day job, I was lucky enough
to come up with some helpful ideas, it's a blessing to
be in a position be able to give something worthwhile
away. It does wonders for my moral ego.

2) People are rightly suspicious of the diet
industrial complex. I want to be able to give what I'm
able to give without people having to be wonder about
my motivations. I don't want to lose anyone to that
fear. It's just not worth it to me. And I don't want
to make people who aren't in a position to give
anything feel like they're second tier. It annoys me,
I don't want to similarly annoy other people.

3) If no-s really takes off, if more and more people
keep losing weight and telling their friends about it,
then the site is bound to attract the attention of a
book publisher or agent (or at least put me in a
position that I could make a more compelling case to
one). The site would stay free and the book would
advertise this fact. It would be the first "money back
up front" diet plan. People would buy it either as a
souvenir to mark their success or because it would be
so short and cheap that it barely registered (I
imagine it selling for peanuts in the candy isle of
the supermarket checkout line next to all the
astrology pamphlets).

The bottom line? If the check is big enough, I'll sell
out. For now, the satisfaction of playing the
benefactor is worth more. :-)

Reinhard